I recently started weight training again after three years or so. Back then I was 160lbs. Now, I'm 140! A month ago I weighed myself and couldn't believe it. I'm 5'10" tall by the way.

So I started to kick up my food intake a lot. Now I'm lifting four times a week and just started taking glutamine yesterday. I thought my metabolism was fast before. Geez! Now I'm am genuinely hungry every 3 hours or so.

I was going to buy a protein supplement but every single one on the shelf at Vitamin Shoppe (large selection) had artificial sweeteners, mostly sucralose. I now realize that I need a gainer instead of just a protein mix. That'll give my body the calories and protein it's starving for.

Moving on... So I took some glutamine yesterday after my workout and before bed, like many websites suggested.

First thing I noted during the night was hardness. Not in my muscles though. My soldier was saluting and ready for action... almost all night. It wasn't priaprism or anything. Not painful. Now I remember glutamine helps increase your libido. When I woke up, my muscles were solid, pumped with water I guess.

I really need to intake more protein for my activity. But it's so difficult to do it through normal food alone.

I look at this moment as an opportunity for me to have the body I always wanted, which is along the lines of Bruce Lee, though not as skinny but just as defined. My body fat percentage is pretty low right now, so even after three weeks of being back at weight training cuts are starting to show nicely.

Anyone have comments or ideas for me? Thanks.

Glutamine is possibly the biggest scam ever in the supplement industry, any effect you may feel are purely psychological.
This is nothing that some studies say, its proven beyond any doubt that its a useless supplement.

you do NOT 'need' a gainer powder. if you want to gain weight, eat more whole food. much better results.

and glutamine does nothing for erections, and no evidence shows it has any significant effect on recovery from DOMS. never heard it doing anything for libido...nor does it cause muscles to retain water. (that's creatine you're thinking of)